[mythtv-users] Which ivtv modules to load for pvr-150mce ?

[Robin Gilks]

> Robin Gilks wrote:
>
>>I guess the subject says it all really. Many of the howtos revolve about
>>the 250 (old) and 350 (with output). I'm trying to find out which modules
>>should be loaded when I modprobe the ivtv module.
>>
>>
> The only module you should ever load is "ivtv".  All other modules will
> be loaded by ivtv (assuming you load ivtv correctly--using modprobe and
> /not/ insmod).
>
>>I've already discovered that msp3400 doesn't get loaded (no dependency in
>>modules.dep to the main ivtv module) so I'm wondering what else I have to
>>load manually.
>>
>>
> msp3400 is the driver for the sound processor for PVR-250/350.  The
> PVR-150 uses the cx25840.  Therefore, if you load msp3400, at best, it
> wastes memory and at worst, it causes conflicts.
>
>>I guess that since the header for saa7127.c says its an encoder, I need
>> it
>>but I assume that the decoder saa7115 is pvr-350 specific and so I don't
>>load it! All very confusing!! No idea whether I have to pass any
>>parameters across during loading since many of the howtos are either old
>>or 350 specific :-((
>>
>>I get video OK but so far audio only sometime on video, nothing from the
>>radio and nothing from the line inputs.
>>
>>I'm running latest SVN (0.3.9+ == trunk) - not sure if there are any
>>gotchas there.
>>
>>Any pointers appreciated.
>>
>>
> modprobe ivtv
>
> and make sure you have the right module options.  For 0.3.8+, that
> should mean that you have no options specified for ivtv modules (it will
> autodetect.
>
Thanks Mike

Thats exactly the definitive answers I was looking for :-))

All I need to do now is get external sound going (to complement the
s-video input) and the radio (which scans OK & finds all the stations I'd
expect it to) which also has no audio :-((

Cheers

-- 
Robin Gilks